Table 3. Comparison of Our Findings With other Studies.

Parameters	Present Study	Norouzy et al. (8)	Hosseini et al. (19)	Faris et al. (20)	Sadiya et al. (5)
Measurement
First	1st day	A week before	A week before	A week before	A week before
Second	28th day	A week after	A week after	22nd day	Fourth week
No. of subjects	43	82	15	50	19
Male	7	31	–	23	5
Female	36	51	15	27	14
Healthy subjects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ages	22 – 54	18 – 37	20–45	18 – 51	37.1 ± 12.5
Weight changes	Decreased	Decreased	Decreased	Decreased	Decreased
BMI changes	Decreased	Decreased	Decreased	No change	Decreased
Fat changes	Decreased	Decreased	No change	No change	No change
Protein changes	No change	-	No change	-	No change
Mineral changes	Decreased	-	No change	-	-
Water changes	Decreased	-	No change	-	No change
Intake	No change	No change	-	-	No change
Weight rebound	Yes	-	-	Yes	-